Even before the opening kickoff of the Ohio State-Michigan football game, fans' celebrations had broken all previous records for seismic energy generated by the biggest plays of the 2016 season.
The Ohio State University doesn’t just make big plays—it measures exactly how big those plays are, and uses the data to teach students valuable lessons in science.
Doctorate of Athletic Training student Emma Nye is researching LGBTQ issues within her profession and working to make the workplace and her campus more inclusive.
The University of Louisville and University of Kentucky are fierce competitors on the football field but come together to conduct collaborative research funded at almost $11 million this year.
Note to elite swimmers: Are you looking for a competitive edge in the hydrodynamics of your front crawl?
A newly released on analysis performed over two years by researchers at Harvard Law School outlines key recommendations to improve structural, ethical and legal factors that affect the health of NFL players
Jack Laub is the only student-athlete in NCAA history to play six varsity years. He became one of the first professional basketball players in the NBA after he was drafted by the Baltimore Bullets. More recently, Laub was conferred the honor of “Chevalier” of the Legion of Honor by the President of the French Republic, in recognition of his contribution to the United States’ crucial role in the liberation of France during World War II.
Annual forecast predicts what you’ll see in fitness next year
In sports, October means Major League Baseball playoffs and the World Series. Once this season's champion is crowned, it won't be long until baseball teams look at their draft options for next year.
--Innovation Summit Aimed to Move American Health Across the Spectrum of Physical Activity
The grand opening of UC Irvine’s eSports arena – the first at a public university – will feature top-ranked players on UCI’s new League of Legends team. With 80 custom PCs from iBUYPOWER and a live webcasting studio to broadcast to millions of viewers, the arena will be a Southern California epicenter for competitive and casual gamers. More than 1,000 people are expected to attend the opening.
The Rio Olympics were supposed to cost the city $3 billion, but by the end of it all, it exceeded $4.6 billion.
Sports drinks, powders, goos and bars used to be targeted to the more hard-core athletes, but now more and more of these products are fueling mainstream consumer interest. Contributing editor A. Elizabeth Sloan highlights several trends driving the $33 billion sports nutrition sector in the August issue of Food Technology magazine published by the Institute of Food Technologists.
Berto Garcia, who will start his second year at Texas Tech, created the system in high school for a science fair project. He now has a provisional patent. He’s 19.
The international Cybathlon is a first-of-its-kind event featuring contests for people with disabilities using advanced assistive technologies. It will take place on Oct. 8, 2016, in Zurich, Switzerland. Team Cleveland has entered the functional-electrical-stimulation bike race.
New study finds NBC’s primetime telecast of the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics shows women athletes 58.5 percent of the time and men athletes 41.5 percent of the time.
UMToday reached out to the Dean of the Faculty of Kinesiology and Recreation Management, Douglas Brown, for his take on the 2016 Rio Olympics for an op-ed piece.
NCAA conference membership generally has no influence on the severity of penalties issued when schools are found responsible for violating NCAA rules, according to an independent study released by Temple University’s Sport Industry Research Center that analyzed all major NCAA infractions cases over a 61-year period.
Once every four years, people from all nations marvel at the incredible feats of the greatest athletes in the world. What is it that allows them to run, jump and throw faster and farther than the average person?
McCormack worked on planning for security issues on a committee for the 2002 Olympic Games in Salt Lake City, Utah. He is also a legal scholar who has done work on global justice and terrorism issues.
With 2016 Summer Olympic Games set to begin Aug. 5 in Rio de Janeiro, Indiana University experts in economics, public health, media studies, cybersecurity, public and environmental affairs and business and are available to discuss a variety of issues. Topics include Zika and other health concerns for athletes and spectators, how coverage and marketing of the games has changed and how it might frame public discussion on other topics, and Brazil's ability to pull off a successful worldwide event and its long-term futur
Research by James C. Hannon, assistant dean of the College of Physical Activity and Sport Sciences, suggests “resistance exercise,” e.g. weight lifting, using resistance bands etc., is effective in improving academic performance.
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